'I'liK i.oX(;-ii()1{Ni:l) wijod isoinxc! i?i;kti,ks. 



108!) 



I'OOS (f)4S4). Sapekda uiscoiijka Fah.. Knt. Syst. Supp., 179S, 147, Icmalc; 



fKNviinn Say. Jdiini. I'liil. Acad. Nat. St-i., V, 1S27. 127:5. 



luak'. 

 Elongate, sul)c-yliiulrical. Male, slriuU'r, usually bhu'kisii or piccoiis ; 

 ;ilH)ve sparsely clothed with grayish pulicst'eiife, which lonns a whitlsii line 

 on disk and sides of thorax: thai dl' undiM- sid(> nior(> dense, longer and sil- 

 very white; femora riHldish-hrdwn, tilTur ;ind tarsi often darker. Female 

 more robust, dark reddish-brown, the pubescenee olive or grayish-yellow; 

 head, thorax and seutellnm more densely clothed with yellow hairs; elytra 

 each with a small spot on basal third, another on apical third and a rather 

 broad, crescent -shaped bar at middle, coniiiosed of dense yellow haii's; un- 

 der surface light yellowisli-gray. Lenglli. male. 10 11 nun : female. 14- 

 IG mm. 



Marion, Piituani and Lawrence tMuiuties, s(!aree; probabl\' 

 thronghotit tlie State, .hine (J-Jnly I"). 'Plie sexes are so nnlike in 

 size and appearance that they were lon<>' iiiistal<en for distinct sjjc- 

 oies. It l)reeds in hickory and hiitternut, usually confining its at- 

 tacks to diseased or dviny' trees. 



2009 (0483). Saperda vestita Say, Long's Exped., 1824. 

 20 ; ibid. I, 193. 



Elongate, robust, cylindrical. Dark reddish-brown, 

 everywhere clothed with dense, olive-yellow, prostrate pu- 

 bescence. Elytra each usually with three small black 

 dots, two placed obliquely in front of and one, more dis- 

 tant, behind the middle. Length 12-21 mm. (Fig. 473.) 



Thronghont the State; frequent. June 3-Au- 

 o'ust 20. A large and handsome beetle known as 

 tlie "linden borer," as the larva' live in the wood 



. -. /vi-7 \ i-i • 1 i Fig 473. Natural size 



ot the linden {iiha), otten proving very destruc- (After Packard in Fifth 

 live to those set out for shade. Remedies the same ^^'"" ^ ''^ '^"' ^'°"""^ 

 as those al)ove given for the "i^oplar borer." 



Tribe IX. PIIYT<E('IIXL 



^ledium-sized cylindrical or rather robust forms, having the 

 tarsal ehnvs cleft or toothed in both sexes ; front moderately convex, 

 l)roader than long; eyes finely granulate, emarginato or divided; 

 palpi slender, last joint elongate-oval, nearly pointed; antennae not 

 longer than body, scape cylindrical; thorax either cylindrical or 

 with an obtuse tubercle on sides; elytra cylindrical, rounded or trun- 

 cate at tips; front coxa^ conical, cavities angnlated, closed behind: 

 legs short, thighs not club-shaped; hind tarsi with first joint not 

 elongate, last joint rather long. The ti'ibe is composed of five 

 genera, all of which are represented in Indiana. 



